The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-06-28
Brief Notes on the United States of
America.
BY HON. S. n. CASTLE.

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time, about 60,000,000 Of inhabitants,
with basis Of the Anglo-Saxon race,
Though largely cosmopolitan and
speaking the English language. The
States were chiefly colonized from
Great Britain, about two hundred and
fifty years ago. The earliest colonists
were composed largely Of religious
refugees, who sought in the wilder
ness, that liberty to worship God in
their own way, which was not accorded
them in their own country. They
were generally intelligent, educated
and refined. in much larger proportion
than ordinary resident communities.
Their active minds were stimulated to
inquiry by the great reformation then
In progress, large proportion were
of noble and gentle blood, an extraor
binary body OF men and women, of
high abilities and as high moral stand
ing, well fitted to found State, and
they have left their impress upon it.
Says a historian of Connecticut:
'F'rom actual examination, it appears
that more than four fifths of the early
landed proprietors Of Hartford,
Weathersfield and Windsor. belonged
to families that had arms granted
them by Great Britain" Imay add
that I have copies from the geneal-
ogies of families Of pilgrim emigrants,
descending in direct line from the
Saxon and Norman Kings, through
lines Of noble families. OF one of
these, descended directly from the
Saxon King, Ethelred l, and Emma
of Normandy, through their daughter, |
the Princess Coda. the historian says:
He was one Of the first TO embrace |
the reformed religion in the time of |
Henry VIII In his will, instead of |
leaving his soul to God through the /
intercession of the Virgin Mary and
the rest Of the Saints, according to
the then common form, he stated
briefly his belief as a Christian, and
his hope Of salvation through the
merits of the Savior, and then pro-
ceeds as follows"
"As touching the wealth of my soul,
the faith that / have taken is suffi-
Gent, as l suppose, without any other
mans works or merits. My ground
and belief is that there is but one
God, and one Mediator between God
and man, which is Jesus Christ, so
that l accept none other between
Heaven and earth, to mediate between
me and God. All others to be but
petitioners in receiving grace, and
therefore will 1 bestow no part of my
goods for the intent that any man
shall do ought to keep my soul. For
therein trust only to the promises of
Christ: He that believeth and is
baptized shall be saved and he that
oelieveth not shall be damned"
This will was condemned as heritical
and the testator's body raised and
burned in 1882. Other families of
diverged from the royal
inc at much later period. The char
scter of the population was modified
by the advent of the French refugees
rom religious persecution, after the
revocation of the edict of Nantes, by
Louis XIV, in the year 1856. The
Dutch also established a commercial
colony, where New York now stands, i
It about the time Of the settlement of
and Massachusetts, which
vas captured by the British. about
$50. /;
Says writer of the Huguenots, or
french Protestant refugees: "The {
more fearful and faint-hearted re- {
named in France. while the determ-
ned, the adventurous, the brave, de
erted all for religious liberty, and
anne to this land, where they continue
o enjoy all the blessings of quiet, {
peaceful and happy life"
More than eight hundred protest :
int churches were broken up and
scattered by the persecution in France
They carried their industry and skill,
md nobleness of character, to other
ands, and many found a refuge in
he new world, where they were wei
.omed by the English and Dutch set
lers with open arms The Dutch and
french amalgamated with the more
numerous English, and together they
orm the basis of the Anglo-American
AuN1On w WHICH, bLl0 6Luls9IdulS lIOa 7
il other nations gradually assimilate
IS they have done to the preponder
ting Anglo-Saxon in England. The ,
love of liberty, personal,
.ivil and religious, which forms so dis
trait in the Anglo-Saxon
branch Of the Teutonic race, circum
tances have rendered still more
marked in the Anglo-American. For. }
eligious liberty he had left his native
and, for civil liberty he had perilled
lis all in the war for his independence.
lie was not deficient in loyalty. In
he war of 1855, he had contributed
avishly of his money, and poured out
lis blood like water for the glory and
he interests of England; but when
he question of his rights was con
erned he would not submit to taxa
ion without representation, and we
now the result. 1t has been said
hat God sifted the nations for PEG
lie to found q new emnire in the new E